Dornogovi is located in the Gobi desert and frequent sand– and snow storms amplify the hard weather conditions of Mongolia. Temperatures can range from −40 °C (−40 °F) to 40 °C (104 °F) with ground temperatures as high as 60 °C or 140 °F.

Dornogovi has ample reservers of groundwater, but no lakes or rivers.[1]